[Closed] Mornington Cresent anyone?

Northern Line flood variation

Kings Cross/St Pancras

Oh this is just going to be too easy! With amateurs like you lot on board, I mean, really. King's Cross/St Pancras? What on earth were you thinking?

Parson's Green. The hard way.

8) was unintended should have been revision 8

THE STRAND

no amateurs here!

how very dare you captain. Are you unfamiliar with the Flood variation of 2007?

Too mired in your old school ways, i tell you.

Edgeware road.

Mainline stations are wild in the 2007 Flood variation. Don't you mean the [i]1936[/i] Flood variation? Which of course is not covered by the post-WWII summer rules.

Finsbury Park - there is no 'r' in the month so all flood variations are wild i think you'll find.

I'm only aware of two flood variations. 1864 and 2007.

I call Hammersmith jink.

Bank

To be fair I've heard rumours the 1936 variation did actually originate at the 1864 congress. But I'm not totally convinced.

Anyway, I think silverpigeon just put the Docklands Light Railway (north of the river) into play, so -

Pudding Mill Lane.

The Sisters of Mercy sang about the variations in their Floodlands LP
....along with mother russia and some jaunt about rust

Tooting Beck via the bus (open top)

Well there's only one move left that's universally acceptable in both the flood variants and post WW2 amendments

Chancery Lane

Tower Pier.

Goldhawk Road.

(Get out of that!)

Baker St

Baker Street?

HOLMES INJUNCTION!

Pimlico.

Pimlico, before 1pm?! Shirley a sick bird of prey manouver?

Moorgate

Shoreditch avoiding Russel Square

Cock!Fosters.

I think you lot are making this up

so I'm going to stick it up your

Mudchute.

The one, the only, Dollis Hill.

Russel Square avoiding Shoreditch

Russell Square is an illegal move - or are you thinking the Moreton's convention is valid?

Which it isn't as mainline stations are wild

Moreton's convention..? [shudders at the thought]

Ladbroke Grove, avoiding both Russell Square *and* Shoreditch.

WTF are you on about?

i once thought that mornington cresent was a euphemism for something. i'm lost.
how does this work?

Shall we step this up a bit and see who the serious players are round here? Using the Cassidy method I'm going to skip all mainline options, finesse the entire Circle line with the exception of Piccadilly line interchanges and play Putney Bridge - who can recover from that?

alpin, please tell me you understand at least the basic rules?

See, thepurist has played Putney Bridge. This is rather clever, as it blocks the diagonal for me.

But, what he wasn't expecting was..........

Earlsfield.

Woooohaaaaaaaaaaah!

🙄

nope.

just checked it on wiki but still none the wiser.

Aha! Thankyou Captain.... finally a chance for something I've never thought I'd get the opportunity to try, but it's just opened up. Seven Sisters.

alpin, it's very easy to pick up once you get the hang of it.

Like riding a bike, in many ways.

thepurist, that's a classic move, sir, straight from the very top drawer! I am impressed.

However, it does leave Finchley wide open.

So, Finchley it is.

As I am currently sitting in an office in Paris I will invoke the Maginot spoiler from the post WWII summer rules.

Port Maillot. I think this blocks any main line station options for the next three moves

But the Blackfriars underpass reversal is also now open, so...

Elephant and Castle.

(Hah!)

Elephant and Castle? Bit old school and I believe, with modern variations previously discussed here, you're now in Nidd.

can I use my Get Out of Jail Free card yet?

Gah! You're right 😳 got a bit carried away there.

brakes - Member
can I use my Get Out of Jail Free card yet?

Only if you roll a double five.

?????????????????????????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Is the Grimaldi protocol being adhered to here?

If so. St Pauls

Captainmainwaring I believe your strategy is flawed, Mornington Croissant amendments cannot be applied to Post WWII rules

Nothing wrong with old school moves. Here's a conservative one

Finchley

Camden Town.

Silverpigeon LOL

erm - didn't Alpin win?

No, but thepurist almost did.

Stick with it alpin, there's some quality play going on here!

Latimer Road - time for some pink line action!!

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Down the escalator!

bollocks! I was two moves away as well

Chancery Lane, carrier pigeon all the way to Vauxhall.

CF, mmm. From the angle, I think you will find that's a lift not an escalator, so not sure it counts

Oh damn i was almost there too.

CFH - I thought you had it there, but you forgot about the Swedish inversion prerogative.

Therefore - Swiss Cottage

Ooooooh mind the gap we're off again!!!!

Russel Square - stitch that!

Damn! It is a lift there as well, isn't it.

Apologies, everyone. Carry on.

Whoah this is getting complicated now!

Game on!
[b]St Johns Wood[/b]

If we are carrying on then the Russel objection of 74 can be used due to the Captain making an erroneous final gambit.

Southfields

Sorry to intervein at this point but i'm unclear as to whether we are sticking to the 'm25 orbital protocol' - amature i know, apoogise again.

Gives me a way back in...

Willesden Green.

No, hang on - Willesden [b]Junction[/b].

(Though I might regret it.)

M25 orbital protocol applies only when going anti-clockwise, surely..?

if we arn't i'm going to invoke the uxbridge sanction - that should scupper any of the plans you have on the picadilly line pigface!

M25 orbital protocol does not apply unless there is an R in the month

Heathrow Terminal 5

your right again CaptinMainwairing - in which case i have no other option other than to play.....................................................................

wiat for it........................................................

Edgeware Road! Yes!

Actually - M25 orbital protocol is only played when double zoning is in play. Grimaldi protocol wins the day if post summer WWII rules apply and then only when the Bethlehem variation applies which I believe it does here.

I could be wrong though.

Finchley Road and Frognall - weren't expecting that were you?

shoefiti, since you spiked [b]my[/b] Edgeware Road with Finsbury Park, I could take that personally...

But I won't.

Kensington Olympia.

Curses scuppered by that dang Uxbridge nonsense, I could object but feel it would ultimately be a waste of time. Good work Shoefiti.

Going the Picadilly route is always a bit high risk you need to call Mainwaring on Terminal 5 a school boy error.

Damn it i'm out - i'll have to wait for emabankment to come round again.

Ah ha! I knew you would fall for it. I invoke Stovold’s 2nd amendment to the standard convention (1972)(abridged)which means

Mornington Crescent!

Pigface, you might call it a schoolboy error, but you only looked at the obvious. The subtelty will appear and you, sir, will be hoisted by your own petard

Turnham Green - Hah

Damn and double damn. You go off to actually do some work and look what happens

Why oh why can you never find your copy of Jacobsen's guide to the amendments, protocols and sanctions when you need it? Still, I've only got the 17th edition so it's probably hopelessly out of date.

Anyone know if Islington is legal yet, or do I have to wait until a prime number of moves have been made?

brace yourself

[B]THE O2[/B]

Mainwaring Terminal 5 falls outside the Heathrow decision of 82. If you haid said 1 2 3 or 4 it would have been a move of genius. I dont think Terminal 5 has been assimilated into any of the Post WW2 rules. I think it will go the way of the DLR to be honest.

won't somebody think of the children.

Especially the children in

Boston Manor.

The day has an [b]r[/b] in it so M25 orbitals can be seen but not heard according to my Stovolds 15th ed.

Aha! Found it - and it appears Islington depends on a Fibonacci number rather than a prime. As you were people.

So are you saying my move was invalid?

Canary Wharf, while I too wait for Embankment.

edit: SilverPig - not invalid from here

silverpigeon - well yes, surely you don't need an explanation, do you?